[Flounder] Smart-phone security

[Mark Foster]

On 2024-08-02 15:38, DL Neil via Flounder wrote:
> What level of security does a smart-phone possess that my computer does 
> not?
> 
> Responding to my protest that Internet Banking (using PC) could not
> carry-out functions that are available on 'the app' (using
> smart-phone), a teller at my bank (kindly) informed me that it was
> because a greater-level of security was possible using the latter.
> 
> True or False?
> What security facilities are available on a smart-phone that cannot be
> reproduced on a (Linux?Windows?Mac) PC?

If I had to guess, a locked app ecosystem, vs a device that can 
literally do anything.
The flexibility of a PC is probably its vulnerability when compared with 
the app ecosystem that can leverage device level controls...

I've noticed a tendency to favour app-first approach, I think vendors 
often assume that everyone (or perhaps just everyone they're targeting 
in their user base) is able to use the app, so that's where they start. 
I imagine a much smaller percentage of their user-base _also_ use a PC 
(and even fewer would use a PC and then _never_ use an app on a 
smart-device).

Mark.